Carlisle Elementary School

Carlisle Elementary School is an elementary campus of small scale in Boaz, Alabama, one of the schools within Etowah County, works with 343 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Carlisle Elementary School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 22 schools in Etowah County (8,739 students total), Carlisle Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Carlisle Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at Carlisle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, Carlisle Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Around the school, Etowah County reports that median household income runs about $54,563, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Etowah County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), Carlisle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sardis High School, roughly 4.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carlisle Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.8%.

Carlisle Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 69% across the same window.

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